Xie Yimin

謝 依旻 Nihon Ki-in pro from Taiwan, born November 16, 1989. Student of Ko Mosei. (Alternate spelling Shei Imin; Also as Hsieh Yi Min per the Nihon Kiin)

Became shodan in 2004 at age 14 years 4 months. Xie was the youngest ever female pro in Japan. 3 dan in 2006, 4 dan in 2008, 5 dan in 2010. As of 2010 she holds all 3 official female professional titles.

2010

• Female Meijin (d. Mukai Chiaki by 2:0)
• Female Kisei (d. Umezawa Yukari by 2:0)

2009

• 27 wins, 15 losses
• Female Honinbo (d. Aoki Kikuyo by 3:1)
• Daiwa Ladies Cup (d. Kobayashi Izumi) (not counted as pro title)
• Female Meijin (d. Chinen Kaori by 2:1)

2008

• 26 wins, 17 losses
• Female Honinbo (d. Suzuki Ayumi by 3:1)
• Silver medalist in the Mixed pair competition at 1st WMSG, together with Zhou Junxun
• Daiwa Ladies Cup (d. Kobayashi Izumi) (not counted as pro title)
• Runner up the 10th Female Strongest Tournament (defeated 2:0 by Kato Keiko)
• Female Meijin (d. Kato Keiko by 2:0)

2007

• 40 wins, 16 losses
• Female Honinbo (d. Yashiro Kumiko by 3:0)

2006

• 24 wins, 14 losses
• Winner of 1st Hiroshima Arumi Cup (not counted as pro title)
• Runner up in 3rd Nakano Cup (under-20 tournament), losing to Iyama Yuta in the final.
• Defeated Konishi Kazuko (8p) on Christmas Day to win the 8th Female Strongest Tournament (女流最強位), becoming Japan's youngest ever woman's title holder at the age of 17 years and 1 month.

2005

• 28 wins, 18 losses

2004

• 8 wins, 6 losses

KoKs : I'm pretty sure that the new Japan record of youngest female pro is now 11 and something years old. I just cannot remmember the name of the girl - it's at the tip of my tounge. She is a student of some amateur Korean player who operates a go school in Japan.

--> Fujisawa Rina

KoKs: thanks tapir =D